How to Decide Between Your Provider, Urgent Care, and the Emergency Room Something comes up. A fever that will not break, a cough that has hung on for two weeks, a cut that might need stitches. The question is always the same: where should I go? For most situations,...
After 34 years of caring for children and families, Dr. Mary Hope Griffin has decided to retire. Throughout her career, Dr. Griffin has had the privilege of watching children grow, supporting parents, and caring for families through so many important stages of life....
What Your Annual Blood Work Can Tell You About Your Health Most annual check-ups include blood work, and a few days later a set of results shows up in your patient portal. For a lot of people, that is where the confusion starts. Rows of abbreviations, reference...
Screenings, Strength, and Brain Health in Your 40s, 50s, and 60s Most people start thinking seriously about aging around the time something changes: a knee that complains on the stairs, a parent’s diagnosis, a blood pressure reading that finally gets...
When children are babies, well-child visits happen often, and most families never miss one. But as kids grow, these visits are the first thing to slip. Life gets busy, your child seems healthy, and a yearly checkup can feel easy to skip. Here’s the truth:...
Summer is a great time to walk, hike, garden, camp, and play outside. Unfortunately, it is also an active season for ticks. “Ticks like to live in brushy, grassy, and wooded areas,” explains Dr. Mary Hope Griffin of Primary Care Partners of South Bend. They may also...
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